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Change the HAL of Windows OS

I am doing a presentation on Visual Studio 2010/.net 4 parallel programming enhancements in the near future. Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010 CTP and that’s fine. The problem was that the one and only release comes in the form of a VirtualPC
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Windows Live Writer doesn’t work well under Windows 7 beta x64

I’ve tried to run Windows Live Writer under Windows 7 beta today. It runs but it can’t upload pictures through FTP. There are two indications of the problem: when you configure FTP connection it will yield this warning The remote server could not be contacted
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VMWare Workstation's Easy Install

When you think that VMWare invented everything they push the innovations even further. These days I've finally accomplished Windows 7 beta download and since I don't have a spare computer right now I've though of installing it under Workstation 6.5. I
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Lost Windows Live Writer

Today I lost my Windows Live Writer. I was doing a Windows Live update of installed WL applications. The update performed an uninstall first and install after. But the install failed and fails with an error 0x80070643. Of course it didn't rollback
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Windows 7 beta at MSDN Subscriptions

In case you didn't notice Windows 7 beta is available at MSDN Subscriptions. The web site looks like under pressure so keep trying if you get errors.
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Two computers, one scanner

I have an USB scanner I bought a while ago. It is attached to my computer and it is working fine. Occasionally my wife has to scan pictures for herself. She works on her computer but when she has to do some scanning I have to do the scanning for her even
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Can't start World Wide Web Publishing Service because of Windows Process Activation Service

Recently I had to check out an asp.net application on my workstation and found out that the "Default Web Site" is stopped for some reason. After trying to start it I've got this message: So I've tried to start the mentioned services
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Windows Home Server just saved my day

VMWare Virtual Server 1.0.5 ... free Microsoft Windows Home Server (running under VS)... $~170 750GB disk used for storing backups ... ~120€ Recovery from WHS backup ... priceless I've been running Windows Home Server for quite some time now. I use it
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Visual Source Safe 2005 over web problem 0x80072F19

Did you ever try VSS 2005 Internet connection? I did once just for testing. I need it now for real, to connect to a client of mine. The client set everything up and I tried to connect. I tried to connect and got a connection error. This was easy to pinpoint
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SpbBackup - a must have PocketPC application

SpbBackup is my MVP (most valuable program) for PocketPC. To be more precise, a backup application (such as SpbBackup ) is a must have for anybody using a PocketPC device. What is good about it: it backups your data (entire data on PocketPC if you want
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Reasons why I prefer (Windows) PC over Apple computers

When I talk with Apple enthusiasts they often question me why the heck I prefer crappy PC over super cool Apple computers. My main reasons are the freedom of choice, developer tools and the fact I can make money with PCs (update: read Windows). Perhaps
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Speeding up build times dramatically

I have a VS 2005 solution with 19 projects.In total it consumes ~600MB of disk space (entire solution folder, including binaries). Needless to say that build times are relatively high. They are high even though my workstation has 4GB of RAM, RAID 0+1
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Creating movies on Vista

So I have a movie taped on my digital camera and I want to make a relatively simple DVD out of it. Luckily for me I have Vista Ultimate with two applications I need: Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker. One is for producing movie (you know, cutting,
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Peculiar problem involving Windows 2003, VMWare Server, SQL Server 2005 and networking

Over the weekend I've built my new server - yes, the content you are reading right now is served from it. Perhaps more about this new server in another post. Back to the point. Host OS on the server is Windows 2003 R2 x32 and there is also a SQL Server
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Playing video or audio in Vista is a booby trap

Since I switched to gigabit network some months ago I often saw a lousy network performance against other computers in my local network. It wasn't enough annoying to actually investigate. However, one day I said: enough is enough. Time for an investigation
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